Bandrek

October 12th, 2009

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups waterDSC00730 8 [1024x768]
3 six-inch cinnamon sticks
5 star anise
10 whole cloves
10 ketumbar seeds
7 cardamom pods, broken open
1 stalk serai, bottom 5 inches only, peeled and trimmed and pounded to release the fragrance
3 thick slices of jahe, pounded a bit to release the juices
2 tablespoons of Indonesian gula jawa

  1. Directions:
    Place all ingredients except sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer, partly covered, about 10 minutes. Add the sugar and simmer a few more minutes. Taste for sweetness and add more sugar if necessary.
  2. Strain through a fine mesh strainer or a piece of cheesecloth. Add milk to taste, if desired

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Photo taken in Prowakarta at a bandrek cart, with my friends.

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Bajigur

February 15th, 2009

Ingredients:

5 teas Coffee
1/4 teas salt
125 ml Syrup Gula Jawa
750 ml Santan
1 sachet of vanilla sugar
150 g Kolang kaling, cut lengthwise into quarters
Preparation:

1. Mix the coffee, salt, gula jawa and santan
2. Bring to the boil stirring continuously
3. When boiling turn off the heat and add the vanilla
4. Add the quartered kolang kaling

Note:

Serve hot in a glass with boiled banana or boiled peanuts

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